Live Performances

Afro-Celt Sound System

7/29/2001

WOMAD 2001

After a triumphant WOMAD USA debut in 1999, the innovators of "Tribal Electronica" return to Marymoor Park in a joyful meeting of Afro-Celtic roots and high technology. The Afro-Celts have now taken their inventive blend of West African, Breton and Irish music to every continent in the world. Their fantastic stage-craft – James McNally’s bodhran spurring kora player N’Faly Kouyate onto greater heights, Iarla O Lionaird’s pure vocals cutting through Simon Emmerson’s programmed beats – brings a new dimension to the rich textures of the albums. -